The Community Garden @ Snellville has received a 2020 Food Well Alliance Community Garden Improvement Grant of $1,500.
“We are extremely appreciative to the Food Well Alliance for their financial backing to community gardens throughout the Atlanta metro area,” said Master Gardner Wes Nettleton, who was instrumental in securing the grant. “Through this effort we can support the local area and expand our opportunities to educate both young and old about the environment.”
The garden, located between T.W. Briscoe Park and the city’s Recycling Center on Marigold Road, will use the funds for equipment, including hoses, hose nozzles, shovels and another wheelbarrow. It will also be used to add gutter, a downspout and rain barrel, lighting in the greenhouse, temperature sensors, and other supplies.
With 48 raised beds, the self-supporting garden grows vegetables, flowers and herbs in their greenhouse and offers them for sale at nominal rates at both spring and fall plant sales in conjunction with the Snellville Farmers’ Market. The garden grows and donates vegetables on a weekly basis to the Southeast Gwinnett Co-op and provides educational seminars and events for youth, including classes from South Gwinnett High School.
Information: www.snellvillecommunitygarden.com/.
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